I have a healthy ego, a fertile imagination which combined with a robust work ethic make me a well rounded individual. As the proud possessor of an enlarged funny bone I'm bound to say it has a marked influence on my writing style and my life in general. BioHettie Ashwin has been widely published in magazines and on-line. Her writing includes humorous column style articles, short stories, novels and non fiction boating pieces, which is handy as she lives on a boat in Queensland Australia. She also has had some of her short stories included in anthologies in UK, USA and Australia. Hettie has won several writing competitions and her Speculative fiction novel and Thriller novel (a competition winner) are published by Morris Publishing. Hettie also self published a humorous novel and a collection of short stories in 2010.